gh0strat | 323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20

General

Target

323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

06ec1ed9031b5f8c57dd5c1550d2c26e
SHA1

ca0ff93b43e81348b25151e666e024b88f1c05ba
SHA256

323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20
SHA512

b828a008ec92b1b423765368b7460b2ac3732b59058ecdbc8a48f88821bcc52279d9581c377be3231859f13f3ebc2a0aba14f7ee820d385e811d2e63ea293c01
SSDEEP

192:tXU60V/WmoI+af4R9JNRcJLef3Rmtj0IRmtSgUoynaYgH9L1nnCQBRmlFQ93M3pc:tk60V/wI4PJhGYSGS10tdLVC+w7QSc

Score

10^/10

gh0strat rat upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1076-100-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001017B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat

Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
rat gh0strat
Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

flow pid process

6 1076 cmd.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

LiveUpdate.exe

pid process

1824 LiveUpdate.exe
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe

pid process

2044 323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe

flow	pid	process
6	1076	cmd.exe

pid	process
1824	LiveUpdate.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.exe	upx
C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.exe	upx
behavioral1/memory/1824-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1824-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1824-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1824-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1824-126-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

cmd.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\F:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	cmd.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

LiveUpdate.exe

description pid process target process

PID 1824 set thread context of 1076 1824 LiveUpdate.exe cmd.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1824 set thread context of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

cmd.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	cmd.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 36 IoCs

Processes:

323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.execmd.exe

pid	process
2044	323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
2044	323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
2044	323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe
1076	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

description pid process

Token: 33 1076 cmd.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1076 cmd.exe

description	pid	process
Token: 33	1076	cmd.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1076	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes:

323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exeLiveUpdate.exe

pid	process
2044	323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
2044	323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
1824	LiveUpdate.exe
1824	LiveUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes:

taskeng.exeLiveUpdate.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1824	1364	taskeng.exe	LiveUpdate.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1824 wrote to memory of 1076	1824	LiveUpdate.exe	cmd.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\323e851ce262a9efbc96176a8720971df71e436470af0b08ff2bf755079aed20.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2044

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {7D1495C4-0B43-4660-BA80-48316717087A} S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000:YBHADZIG\Admin:Interactive:[1]
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1364
- C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.exe
  C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1824
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Enumerates connected drives
    - Checks processor information in registry
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1076

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\1.txt

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
99cb9755677981518e59ba049e4b2e5a

SHA1
35a7899576f5bb2f0a99ea69e03acd4f9b63f831

SHA256
c6ae5b595850ec9d142f00843b63162fd4c5921038d0febe7b76a973f64493ba

SHA512
12ac1e3bd58ca92b6ab059c973607a93f22e21f098e0b6e20584dbf0a64085d1f278f6402144023b6c71b48bc2c8db2cf2f7052afc81b1570962ae81952b6b74

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C:\ProgramData\SqlVersion.dll

Filesize
911KB

MD5
8e92fc9c2dda5615002948562c612ef3

SHA1
bebacda192571508bb2010af7b9deafcf9948299

SHA256
a94cee609049fc7851f5a9c31a52d6bd9748ce3f4fd820689e9ff651dbf31ce8

SHA512
0e5a7b6a1fdf0f816161219e468fb981a75b8e8f415f1053cd7c64e9673b1a58b55c3b0e53e9b76edac7c40df01d404b5914ce775de1914a49c06c884dbf5b28

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C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.dat

Filesize
29KB

MD5
0548ecfa93438e3126129b52c8aec910

SHA1
2bc74dc6ac92a8b92da0b90a92225304d1addd0b

SHA256
0951a0e07f3bf8fd0b2bc2bb84f2f9cb462b9e348eebc98e2b6de74c58eb13f8

SHA512
2fc3843c17ebfac7a420e7c75a68c6add88e53e137a9fdc3cc43dc0e1fb9dc5427890b7f1779853411e8c3d35fc6c0cfe29959220d11692ef69435905c229a56

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C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.exe

Filesize
470KB

MD5
96e4b47a136910d6f588b40d872e7f9d

SHA1
0d2eae5df6a4bbf79ec8cd3505d00c4bdabf331e

SHA256
f788ed739241f79688653d27aeefd18c9d8142a31fe0b5342535e392c040dd9b

SHA512
6776e37c4ed134003cdfe1c75e6133e805ee5a8db002710a14735c829fe66d24c3754c5033da6d2fd3e84b85df672b2f4862279bc04915ebfb798334c7f61cb4

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C:\ProgramData\Thunder\LiveUpdate.exe

Filesize
470KB

MD5
96e4b47a136910d6f588b40d872e7f9d

SHA1
0d2eae5df6a4bbf79ec8cd3505d00c4bdabf331e

SHA256
f788ed739241f79688653d27aeefd18c9d8142a31fe0b5342535e392c040dd9b

SHA512
6776e37c4ed134003cdfe1c75e6133e805ee5a8db002710a14735c829fe66d24c3754c5033da6d2fd3e84b85df672b2f4862279bc04915ebfb798334c7f61cb4

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C:\ProgramData\setting.ini

Filesize
13B

MD5
51fcc726c0f8e4507e109bb1756e6f87

SHA1
7c2d5d03da604854b49f83e7665c92fda5864a12

SHA256
18d440fabffb47e3043a9ec3e0bb473ef937a93bf4d90ffa8814707675f3944a

SHA512
a968c65efd6632d90e5e81d538f86ea41fb81bc5a6bb0b40e51e21b25d604e9cc0596a5e1d0fd307b6038ee5dd27faa0fb1d0b17e3012f8c49a2df2dc27b1fa1

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\ProgramData\SqlVersion.dll

Filesize
911KB

MD5
8e92fc9c2dda5615002948562c612ef3

SHA1
bebacda192571508bb2010af7b9deafcf9948299

SHA256
a94cee609049fc7851f5a9c31a52d6bd9748ce3f4fd820689e9ff651dbf31ce8

SHA512
0e5a7b6a1fdf0f816161219e468fb981a75b8e8f415f1053cd7c64e9673b1a58b55c3b0e53e9b76edac7c40df01d404b5914ce775de1914a49c06c884dbf5b28

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memory/1076-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-100-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001017B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/1076-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-89-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-97-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-91-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-93-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1076-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1076-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1824-95-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002847000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/1824-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1824-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1824-86-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002847000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/1824-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1824-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1824-126-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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